The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 07:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The Israeli government is calling it a dangerous escalation of anti-Semitism. Two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed last night outside the Capitol Jewish Museum. A 30-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and was heard shouting, Free Palestine, as he was being taken into custody. Richard Madden has more.

There's heavy police presence outside this Jewish museum here in the heart of the district. It's just a few blocks from the Capitol and the White House. This is that deadly and horrific scene of the shooting last night that claimed the lives of two young staffers with the Israeli embassy. Police say the suspect allegedly approached them and another group of people who were all leaving a multi-faith event and open fire. An eyewitness described what happened next. He's like I did this for Gaza, free Palestine, there's only one solution, intifada revolution. Now the victims have since been identified

as Yaron Leshinsky and Sarah Milgram. These were two young staffers from the Israeli embassy who are about to be engaged. Authorities have also identified the suspect, Elias Rodriguez of Chicago. Now, police say he was spotted pacing outside the museum before the shooting and walked inside afterwards and was promptly detained by event security. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. HOFFMAN The G7 finance minister's summit in Banff wraps up today with the ministers and central bankers on hand looking to reach a consensus on a number of global economic issues. Karina Roman has more.

We get along very well. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, fresh out of his bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. We took the time to discuss a number of issues. Secretary Scott Bessent. But Champagne wouldn't say what those issues were or whether they included tariffs. Even as Canada seeks closer ties to Europe, the solo sit-down with the US's Bessent was the coveted one. John Manley, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, says it's an important relationship to forge. Bessent is, a lot of people call him the adult in the room and and he's someone that

Francois-Philippe Champagne needs to befriend if he possibly can. It's anyone's guess whether what Bassent agrees to here will last beyond President Donald Trump's next impromptu tariff declaration. Champagne says the principal goal of this summit is to return stability to the global economy. Karina Roman, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. Pressure appears to be mounting on Conservative leader Pierre Poliev to fire his national campaign

manager Jenny Byrne. Radio Canada has spoken to 12 Conservative caucus members who say many in the party are blaming Byrne for the Conservatives' election defeat. There are complaints of what's being called her toxic behavior at campaign headquarters, with others saying there was poor communication between her office and the Conservative teams in the field. Police in Kingston, Ontario are investigating what they are formally calling a femicide, and it's rare for Canadian police to use that term. But as Nicole Williams reports, abdicates say using the word may help in the fight against gender-based violence.

This is a senseless loss of life. Kingston Police Chief Scott Fraser describing the attack on a 25-year-old woman last Friday. The 26-year-old man charged with her murder believed to be her partner. For the first time the force is calling an alleged murder a femicide. Kingston joins a growing number of Canadian police forces using the term femicide to describe when a girl or woman is killed because of her gender. Ottawa police believed to be the first to do so last year after they charged a husband with the murder of his wife.

I think this is a major step forward. That's Kingston-based feminist lawyer Pamela Cross. If we don't name what's going on, we don't really see what's going on. She's among advocates calling for a broader use of the term femicide. There are also recommendations it be added to Canada's criminal code. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.